Christie overcomes nerves to cruise through 500m heat

The Scot was relieved to get her first race out of the way.The 27-year-old made light of a tough-looking qualification round, leading from start to finish to beat China’s Chunyu Qu in an Olympic record time of 42.872 – although her mark lasted precisely eight minutes before it was broken by South Korea’s Minjeong Chong.

History repeated itself as Elise Christie suffered yet another agonising crash to finish fourth in the 500m short track speed skating final.

It means Great Britain are still waiting for their first medal of the Winter Olympics, though Christie still has two attempts yet to win a medal.

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"I was knocked over, I didn't fall on my own. It's just tough, I worked so hard," Christie told BBC Sport. "It has been taken away from me.

It's disappointment for @Elise_Christie as her hunt for 500m

Petition for South Korean skaters to be dropped reaches 350,000 signatures .
A petition in South Korea calling for two members of its women’s speed skating team to be suspended has reached 350,000 signatures. The team of Kim Bo-reum, Park Ji-woo and Noh Seon-yeong were competing in the 500m team pursuit, and when Kim and Park finished together, Noh was four seconds behind. The result meant the hometown team placed seventh, and in post-race interviews Kim and park weren’t particularly comforting toward their teammate. Kim said: “We were skating well,” “But the last skater [Noh] couldn’t keep up and we had a disappointing score.” Park echoed these sentiments, by saying: “I was very shocked when I crossed the finish line, because that’s when I realised Noh was not with us.” Cameras showed Noh to be in tears after the race, and her teammates supposedly ignoring her. The petition was posted on the website of South Korea’s preisdent, and says: “We are petitioning that Kim Bo-reum and Park Ji-woo forfeit their rights as national athletes and be banned from international competitions including the Olympics.” The petition, as of Tuesday, was at 350,000 signatures. Kim and park have since apologised, but it has been reported Kim’s sportswear sponsor will not be renewing her contract at the end of the month.

Tearful Elise Christie admits " it hurts " after crashing in 500 m speed skating final to miss out on 2018 Winter Olympics medal The Great Britain star finished fourth in PyeongChang after eventually picking herself up and crossing the line.

Tearful Elise Christie admits " it hurts " after crashing in 500 m speed skating final to miss out on 2018 Winter Olympics medal The Great Britain star finished fourth in PyeongChang after eventually picking herself up and crossing the line.

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Elise Christie of Great Britain crashes out during the speed skating 1,000m heats on Tuesday. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images. First came a crash in the 500 m final after she had twice broken the Olympic record in her heat and quarter- finals .

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